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-rw-r--r--src/H5.c25
-rw-r--r--src/H5public.h1
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5.c b/src/H5.c
index 1c6cae1..6354ad0 100644
--- a/src/H5.c
+++ b/src/H5.c
@@ -804,3 +804,28 @@ H5close(void)
FUNC_LEAVE_API_NOFS(SUCCEED)
} /* end H5close() */
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: H5free_memory
+ *
+ * Purpose: Frees memory allocated by the library that it is the user's
+ * responsibility to free. Ensures that the same library
+ * that was used to allocate the memory frees it. Passing
+ * NULL pointers is allowed.
+ *
+ * Return: SUCCEED/FAIL
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+herr_t
+H5free_memory(void *mem)
+{
+ FUNC_ENTER_API_NOINIT
+ H5TRACE1("e", "*x", mem);
+
+ /* At this time, it is impossible for this to fail. */
+ HDfree(mem);
+
+ FUNC_LEAVE_API(SUCCEED)
+} /* end H5free_memory() */
+
diff --git a/src/H5public.h b/src/H5public.h
index 39427ed..4f7e7f7 100644
--- a/src/H5public.h
+++ b/src/H5public.h
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5get_libversion(unsigned *majnum, unsigned *minnum,
unsigned *relnum);
H5_DLL herr_t H5check_version(unsigned majnum, unsigned minnum,
unsigned relnum);
+H5_DLL herr_t H5free_memory(void *mem);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}